Citywide Section Updates

Posted: March 24th, 2025 | Filed under: Citywide

NYC Ferry Astoria Route between Hallets Cove and Wall Street:

NYC Ferry Astoria Route, New York City, September 10, 2021

NYC Ferry Astoria Route, New York City, September 10, 2021

Midtown Manhattan, NYC Ferry Astoria Route, New York City, September 10, 2021

Empire State Building and The Copper, 626 First Avenue From NYC Ferry Astoria Route, New York City, September 10, 2021

East River Looking South Toward Lower Manhattan, NYC Ferry Astoria Route, New York City, September 10, 2021

Brooklyn Bridge, Lower Manhattan, NYC Ferry Astoria Route, New York City, September 10, 2021

Kosciuszko Bridge Public Preview, August 28, 2019:

Kosciuszko Bridge Public Preview, Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Between Queens and Brooklyn, August 28, 2019

Kosciuszko Bridge Public Preview, Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Between Queens and Brooklyn, August 28, 2019

Kosciuszko Bridge Public Preview, Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Between Queens and Brooklyn, August 28, 2019

Kosciuszko Bridge Public Preview, Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Between Queens and Brooklyn, August 28, 2019

Kosciuszko Bridge Public Preview, Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Between Queens and Brooklyn, August 28, 2019

Kosciuszko Bridge Public Preview, Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Between Queens and Brooklyn, August 28, 2019

Kosciuszko Bridge Public Preview, Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Between Queens and Brooklyn, August 28, 2019

Several Random Things From May 2011

Posted: April 1st, 2012 | Filed under: Brooklyn, Citywide, Manhattan

Chief of which is Brooklyn Bridge Park, which was a lot more elegant than I expected, especially considering how ugly/utilitarian the piers used to be:

Pier 2 From Brooklyn Heights Promenade, Brooklyn, November 3, 2005

Pier 2 From Brooklyn Heights Promenade, Brooklyn, November 3, 2005

Pier 2 From Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights Promenade, Brooklyn, November 3, 2005

It’s like, where did all that dirt come from?

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, May 13, 2011

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, May 13, 2011

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, May 13, 2011

There’s a staircase thing-place that overlooks Lower Manhattan, which is just stunning. Propose here:

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, May 13, 2011

Grimaldi’s has since moved from its longtime location, just down the street at 1 Old Fulton Street:

Old Fulton Street, Fulton Ferry, Brooklyn, May 13, 2011

I really, really want to start a “I [Heart] Unicorns 4-Eva” meme:

I [Heart] Unicorns 4-Eva, Southbound ACE Platform, Times Square Subway Station, Midtown Manhattan, May 13, 2011

Remember when they thought the world would end on May 21? And people spent their life savings on subway ads? Why did they do that? Not because they weren’t right (they weren’t), but what difference would it make if you saw this ad on the subway beforehand?

May 21, 2011 Doomsday Subway Ad, Queens-Bound N Train, May 22, 2011

One day they’ll finish the East Side Access project. For now, it’s kind of a constant thing:

LIRR East Side Access, Long Island City, Queens, May 18, 2011

Vacant spaces are so strange looking, like repeating a word over and over until it sounds completely foreign:

60 Henry Street, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, May 13, 2011

I sat outside a bar one night in May 2011 staring at the bright lights in this space, just sort of pondering how weird it looked. Now I know that it’s a “cursed” spot, only recently occupied by a somewhat stable business.

Making The Most Of A Third Term . . .

Posted: October 1st, 2009 | Filed under: Citywide

A new page that finds a home for all the Bloomberg for Mayor ephemera we’ve been getting:

Queens Chronicle Bloomberg Endorsement Front Page, 48th Avenue and Vernon Boulevard, SW Corner, July 9, 2009

You can also follow the timeline of third term-related blog posts on the right column of the page . . .